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11-25-2014, 09:44 PM | #1 |
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High Mileage E93 M3, Worth It?
A buddy of mine has a friend who's selling a 2008 E93 M3, Black/Black, Navi, 6MT w/ 120K on the dash. CarFax says it's a 1-owner and corporate vehicle. Clear title, no accidents.
CarFax: http://www.carfax.com/VehicleHistory...WL93548PL89637 AutoCheck: http://www.chilsonwilcox.com/autoche...7#full-history Is it worth it? Update: Did the PPI yesterday on the car, here is the report that came back: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...nResultPDF.pdf Fault codes that were pulled, how bad are they? Some pics: http://smg.photobucket.com/user/artl...?sort=3&page=1
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11-26-2014, 08:16 AM | #3 |
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Looking to get a PPI done really soon.
Another buddy of mine recommended to take the car to MrMCar in NJ so I think I'll be taking the car there for the inspection. I read about needing to replace the rod bearings even if they aren't failing as preventive maintenance. It would probably be a good idea for me to do this as soon as possible if I pick up this car right? |
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12-01-2014, 11:08 AM | #4 |
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I understand that I probably will need to do my rod bearings for this car especially at this mileage. The going price seem to me ~$2K.
Is it worth it to just get an extended warranty on the car? I requested a quote from Wanted Auto Protect and it's going to cost me $3,155 for a 5 year extended warranty with 100K on top of my current mileage. This covers everything on the car under the Ultimate plan: http://www.wantedautoprotect.com/whats-covered
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Did the PPI yesterday on the car, here is the report that came back:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/...nResultPDF.pdf Fault codes that were pulled, how bad are they? Some pics: http://smg.photobucket.com/user/artl...?sort=3&page=1
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Good price. Buy it and do the bearings. Done. I always spend money getting a used car to where I want it. |
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Yeah I'm going to keep rod bearings in mind. There's no abnormal noise from the engine, which is a good sign.
Not sure if the fault codes are really serious.. If anybody can chime in that would be awesome. Thanks to those who have responded so far. |
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12-13-2014, 05:48 PM | #10 |
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I would pass on buying it look around there are a lot of m3 up forsale.plus I would spend a little extra and get a 09. I've bought my m3 a year ago and it has over 100k miles and still runs like new it all depends on how it was maintained.
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I just found another 08 M3 coupe w/ 81K miles, Black, Red Interior, 6MT and Navi. 2 owners and it seems like it was dealer maintained. Seller went down to $24K.
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I paid 28 at the time fully loaded with dinan exhaust and stage 1 tune
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High mileage is not a problem AS LONG AS it is well maintained. Well maintained means it has never been supercharged and not even engine tune! Unfortunately many sellers (specially on this forum) who are selling their cars, which were supercharged or tuned at certain period. I would check that if I am buying a high mileage M3. |
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Checking out the car in the morning.
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However.. I did buy the higher mileage 08 E93 M3 I mentioned earlier in this thread. Here's my progress thread that I created: http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1073048 The car is fine, she got all new fluids this past weekend. Spark plugs and belts are next. I sent out an oil sample to Blackstone to have it analyzed. Other than that.. she just needs a little bit of TLC.
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And thanks, best of luck to you as well.
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